Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-03
LIFE I'm VIENNA.
A Jcrky Description OF scenes I'm the
Interesting Austrian Capital
From the Buffalo News

From the Buffalo News
Women here carry hods and mix mortar. Pecu-
har CLASS From the provinces. Wear long boots
TO The knee. Short skirts TO the boots. Practical
dress But not ornamental Seven different COS
tunes seen daily on the streets. Laborers at noon
lie down and sleep On the pavements. Ditto in the
parhs On the grass. Both sexes seen lying side by
sue NO keep off the grass" at every turning.
Hciish jew frequent. In black gowns reaching 10
heeis, nigh hats, and long corkscrew curls. Look
IKE Othelio Big dogs drawing handcarts Street
Cars won't stop for you. Only at certain places.
Indicated by signpUst on track. The tub the
universal vessel to carry things in. oval shape.
one StaVe longerthan the rest. SO 1t can be bound
on tiis carriers back. Carries ali the water up
the SIX or seven pairs OF stone stairs ia the Vienna
houses. Clean clothes ditto for wash. Sepa-
rate shops for brandy, beer. and wine. Peasant
on a spree carries green Uwig stuck In bis hat-
oano 10 indicate TO the Vienna pubic MS
present mental and moral condition. Hacho hung
low on the wheels. Drivers in uniform. livery
Things in uniform here. Fares low. Ten cents
cAT!leo you from Dombach To LeOpolStadt. Sub,
uibda villages D or u miles distant. Emperor ana
empress are frequently seen driving On the streets.
No russ; ali hats go off as they 30 by. SOLDIERS
eseryW1ere; sentrtes ditto In chronic condition
OF saiutlng Officers Fleas abundant. Everybody
eats al the Restaurant. Vienna Is all restaurant on
the ground floor. Little home cooking is done.
Melange ana rolls are the universal breakfast.
Meiange Is half coffee and half hot milk, always
brought you In a tall tumbler with big table
spoon. Living here is very public. II YOU hire a
Dodyo bedroom to get to it or have some one pass
through yours. Female help, indifferent or oDny;
ioas 10 gentlemen loigers, come right in at all
n0urs. ana without knocking, when on duty. .
stoves are like monuments, teet high, covered
Win porcelain. The furnace holds about two
quarts OF coal The rest is monument. Hand
some men, COCA shapes, full chests, line bass
voices pleasure 10 sit III railway stations and
near Ihe officials In charge call the trains Hand
and shopping by or In the morning. Nap at
noon. Gardens fun Of fomiiies dining in open air
III ,ry p m; They 60 it tn g. MusiI flowers statu,
arJ All ABOUT. Eating not done at gu!p. More
happiness 10 the square yard. Newspapers small.
outside world disposed OF Ia about twenty lines.
lots OF small comic illustrated papers. "Trink
HaiieS On every corner. Round pagOdas. Girl in-
sue. NO room foT more. Sells lemonade, Orange
inie soda water and other light ioygy fluid. Peo-
PIE mere always swallowing something.
Elevator at hotel. Big fuss over ii. Two men1n
Uniform TO run it. Pace, mile an hour. Beds all
S h everybody seens TO sleep SINCE here One
more oed On top OF bed guilt Very light, Iull OF
Barracks eyerywhcrc Six stories. Full Of SOL
Oilers. Soldiers everywhere. Drilling every here.
drumming everywhere. footing evers where. SOL
olers marching past hotel ut live in the morning.
always getting ready 10 XIII somebody. Same all
eyer Europe, Never out Of sight OF oayonet.
Nations here are awfully afraid OF each other Sim
gular pumps. Very tall Long, crooked, iron han
1ie. Reach to the ground. Tobacco sa?ps all run
sign over door ak. k.p (Ilinr aud Kais,r|. The
Emperor does all ihe Tobacco business. Not much
TOBACCO In their cigars. Washed out: Prices OF
IN shop windows. Helps one To learn the ianyua
can read and translate Dis yea walk.
Cultivated shade trees lay ever anything in
America. Six rows, full grown, in some streets,
with walks underneath. Fountains, bencnes
everywhere. Business streets all shaded, not
bare TO the sun like Broadway or 9Th avenue.
Bath houses five stories high. Everybody here
really washes by the bath and not by the bed
room washbasin. Went to one. Girl cashier.
TOOK my money. Turned me over to another
girl. Black eyed. Good looking. Went In with
me- Turned on water, hot and cold. Both OF us
waited for the tub To I'LL up. Wondered il she'd
leave. Strange country. Novel customs. Tub
Nils up. Girl leaves. Examine door. No lock.
Took OFF collar. Girl bursts in again. Brought
more towels. And then aprons. Wondered what
they were for. Found out. Inquired Of the girl.
What do you suppose? To put on-one behind,
the other before, and sit still in WHILE after using
the hot water, the girl came back TO turn on the
cold No handling OF water by customer in Wen
nese bath. Girl must do it all. No such place as
vienna known In Austria. Austrian name, Wien.
From the bit OF river running through 1t. Dam
ube River in rear OF city. Timber rats always
passing. Miles and miles Of cultivated pine
forests in Austria. Pass through them by rail.
No underbrush. Trees tall and straight by tens
OF thousands.